BDB2444
זְרֻבָּבֶ֫ל proper name, masculine (according to MV perhaps = זְרוּעַ בָּבֶל begotten in Babylon, see also Thes)
probably = Babylonian
Zêr-Bâbili
= off-spring of Babylon, often in Inscriptions (MeyE. Jud. v).
— grandson of king Jehoiachin, and son of Pedaiah 1Chr 3:19 (twice in verse) (but son of Shealtiel Ezra 3:2; Ezra 3:8 etc., compare
שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל brother (?) of פְּדָיָה
1Chr 3:17);
leader of first returning exiles Ezra 2:2 = Neh 7:7; Ezra 3:2; Ezra 3:8; Ezra 4:2; Ezra 4:3; Neh 12:1; Neh 12:47; Hag 1:12; Hag 2:4; Zech 4:6; Zech 4:7; Zech 4:9; Zech 4:10 called פַּחַת יְהוּדָה
Hag 1:1; Hag 1:14; Hag 2:2; Hag 2:21, called
עַבְדִּי (by ׳
י) Hag
2:23. —
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Ζοροβαβελ.